Breathing heavily, Long Bai—who now inhabited the body of Lucas Wine and was determined to become a new Lucas—exhaled a gust of foul air from his mouth. A thin streak of blackish smoke spurted out, carrying the remnants of dead blood and impurities from deep within his internal organs.Fifteen minutes passed. It was a brief moment in time, yet excruciatingly agonizing.Lucas slowly opened his eyes. His gaze was weary from immense fatigue, yet beneath his bruised eyelids, the spark of his haughty pride remained unquenched. He tried to shift his shoulders.Crack! Clack!A faint sound of grinding bones echoed inside his chest cavity."Ugh..." Lucas groaned softly, wiping the cold sweat that drenched his pale forehead.Is that all? After fifteen minutes of exerting the Primordial Supreme God Cultivation Technique—a Heavenly-grade technique he had created himself, capable of absorbing the energy of an entire continent in an instant—the results he obtained were completely beyond expectation

Lucas merely smirked. His eyes showed not a single shred of sympathy as he looked at the two bloody bodies groaning in agony on the floor."Groaning like slaughtered pigs..." Lucas muttered coldly, tossing the bloody wooden splinter away casually.He held his chest, which still felt somewhat tight. This worn-out place had already been contaminated by the fishy stench of blood and a negative aura that disrupted the faint Qi flow around it. If he stayed here any longer to recover from his internal and external injuries, the painful whimpers of these two Wine Family dogs would only disturb his focus and healing process.Ignoring the two guards who were on the verge of losing consciousness, Lucas turned and stepped out of the squalid room.Drawing upon the fragments of the former body owner's memories, Lucas navigated the dark corridors of the Wine Family residence. His footsteps were light and quiet, merging seamlessly with the night shadows. He headed toward the main residential area—wh

His voice was not loud, yet it carried an icy pressure so dense that the air inside the dilapidated room suddenly plummeted into a freezing chill. The killing intent that had accumulated over thousands of years from a Supreme Emperor spilled out naturally, radiating sharp and menacing from his eyes.'His gaze... why does it feel as though he isn't the Lucas I can easily beat up?' Edward thought, feeling an odd sensation creep over him.However, Edward quickly snapped out of his trance."What?! You got a problem with that, you bastard?!" Edward barked, boldly stepping forward. Clenching his right fist, he channeled a surge of physical power and delivered a straight punch aimed square at the center of Lucas's face."I said your mother was a cheap whore, and you are nothing more than a useless piece of trash who..."Yet, just as Edward's fist hovered mere inches from his target, a wave of eerie dread suddenly crept up his neck.For Lucas had not blinked even once. There was no ripple of

A suffocating silence suddenly blanketed the meeting room. Lucas's question was like a poisoned blade thrust directly into Richard's pride. The face of the Wine Family Head paled instantly before flushing bright crimson, consumed by a raging fury he had never experienced before."What did you say, you insolent brat?!" Richard growled, his voice trembling violently. His high blood pressure flared up in an instant."You dare question my fitness as a father?! Without the Wine blood flowing through your veins and the roof of this estate over your head, you are nothing more than a corpse on the side of the road!"Richard raised his black rattan rod high, killing intent swirling at the tip of the enchanted wood."Today, I will break both your arms and legs! Let's see if that slick mouth of yours can still act so arrogant once you're paralyzed!"BAM!Before the strike of the rattan rod could come swinging down, the double doors of the meeting room were kicked open from the outside."FATHER!

Lucas slowly turned his body. His cold eyes gleamed, his lips parting as he intended to deliver a response that would shatter those cheap lies. Yet, before a single word could escape his mouth, Edward cut in with a hysterical roar."I will tell Father the reason!" Edward shouted, stepping closer to Richard. His pale face was feigned to look as though he were bearing an unbearable weight of suffering."This demon did not come to greet me, Father! He intercepted me and demanded a huge sum of cash! He forcefully asked for five hundred thousand dollars just to pay off his latest gambling debts!"Edward pointed at Lucas with his violently shaking left hand, his voice filled with a wronged tone."When I refused to give him that money to keep him from sinking deeper into depravity, he lost his mind! He attacked me and the guards without mercy!"Edward lowered his head, wiping away fake tears he forced from the corners of his eyes."As for the injuries he received from my guards in the past..